I'm 21 years old and I run my own web design company and I'm wanting to work 12 hours a day. I know some of you may think I'm crazy but I've loved my job since I began websites back 1998. I have goals to achieve.
I plan to work from 10am to 2am with 4 hours of free time in between and 8 hours for sleep (2am to 10am. Such as 1 hour for lunch and exercise. Another hour to just rest and relax. And the the other 2 hours for dinner and social time or whatever else may be going on.
How does that sound?
2007-03-04 06:45:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
It sounds like fantasy.
For starters you are neglecting breakfast and hygiene.
You won't instantaneously be working when you wake up.
And that's a good way to burn yourself out.
2007-03-04 06:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I say good luck, but like a lot of people said you will probably burn yourself out.
I am stationed in Iraq and work 12+ hour days (we are scheduled to work 12 but it is always at least 13, sometimes 15, 16 or sometimes we don't go "home"...). Anyway, (again, as was mentioned before) you are not thinking about time to shower/get ready, time it takes you to fall asleep, travel time to/from work... trust me, it gets very old, very quickly. Your life becomes work/sleep/repeat.
Good luck if that is what you truly want...
2007-03-04 06:59:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like my life. I'm 37. Financially I haven't HAD to do it for years but work can become addicting. It cost me my first marriage. It cost me a meaningful relationship with my oldest kids (that is just now starting to come back). It has cost me opportunity to explore other things that I may have found compelling.
Although I'm right there with you I'm not an advocate. It's not for everybody. Sixteen years down the road, you may look back and see that the opportunity cost was prohibitively expensive.
2007-03-04 06:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds just fine!!
When I was studying at university, I was doing two jobs: one full-time (17:00-02:00) and one part-time (4-5 hours during the day)... Don't ask me when I found the time to study, I really have no idea!!! God's help for sure!
So, the 12-hour job is fine! Enjoy!!!!
2007-03-04 06:55:03 · answer #4 · answered by Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before you screw up your body by rearranging its sleep patterns... make sure you can fill that time with work because web design is not a steady business... i tried and succeeded for about a year and then took up a job at my local Bang & Oufson because i couldn't find stable work
good luck saying goodbye to your social life.. but good luck anyway
2007-03-04 06:51:01 · answer #5 · answered by bpop7ole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like way to much time spent at work. But if you have goals set for yourself and have decided to do whatever you can to achieve them, good luck. I personally wouldn't spend that much time at work no matter how much I liked it. My family and free time are much more important to me!
2007-03-04 06:50:01 · answer #6 · answered by LD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it works for you
I couldn't do it, I feel like a bum if I get up later than eight even if I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning
2007-03-04 06:50:25 · answer #7 · answered by jasonbourne421 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not married, and do not have any obligations to children, go for it!!
2007-03-04 06:51:18 · answer #8 · answered by mel s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds healthy?????????
2007-03-04 10:26:01 · answer #9 · answered by Ginger M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋